Overview
Overview
Every heal triggers Empower: the Knight who heals by hitting, and hits harder for having healed.
Good for: Campaign, Acts 1–3: for players who want a build that heals itself.
Strengths
- Heals all the time: on the bench, healing pays for the damage and for its own health cost
- Vital Impale with no resource cost
- Simple relics (two rares)
Weaknesses
- You have to hit to heal
- Little area
- Loses its sustain against ranged packs
Loadout
What the build carries
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- Inheritance
- Rune of ImpactRunic Warrior
Relics5
Core
- Leech
- Hungry Bloom
Recommended
- Whetstone
- Heavy Fist
Optional
- Husk
Progression
Progression trees
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Iris Fragments: 133
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Body
- Hardened Bark3/8+30% health (max +80%)
- Restoring Sap1/5+8% healing received
Power
- Sharp Gaze2/8+12% damage (max +48%)
- Steady Rhythm2/5+14% on basic attacks
Focus
- Reservoir1/5+10% maximum resource
Fortune
- Hole in the Pocket, Reversed1/5+12% gold
- Deep Pocket1/4+1 relic slot
In practice
How to play
Open with Vital Impale.
Keep Empower up by healing.
Against packs, get in the middle.
Against bosses, Impale on cooldown.
Watch out for ranged enemies: no hits, no healing.
To keep
The build card
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Open the cardMeasured on Sep 28, 2026 · game v1.0.1 · test bench v8
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